Advances in Earth Science ›› 2021, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (6): 553-563. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2021.059

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The Theory Foundations of Multi-hazards Risk Assessment and Governance: A Five-Dimensional Paradigm for Integrated Risk Governance

Jun WANG 1 , 2( ), Mengya LI 1 , 2, Shaohong WU 3 , 4   

  1. 1.School of Geographic Sciences,East China Normal University,Shanghai 200241,China
    2.Research Center for Urban Public Security,East China Normal University,Shanghai 200241,China
    3.Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
    4.Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
  • Received:2020-12-29 Revised:2021-05-19 Online:2021-07-22 Published:2021-07-22
  • About author:WANG Jun (1975-), male, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, Professor. Research areas include urban disaster risk and public safety management. E-mail: jwang@geo.ecnu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    the Major Program of National Social Science Foundation of China "Study on risk assessment, comprehensive prevention and urban resilience of multiple major disasters"(18ZDA105);The National Key Research and Development Program of China "Study on comprehensive risk assessment and prevention technology of multiple major natural disasters"(2018YFC1508803)

Jun WANG, Mengya LI, Shaohong WU. The Theory Foundations of Multi-hazards Risk Assessment and Governance: A Five-Dimensional Paradigm for Integrated Risk Governance[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2021, 36(6): 553-563.

In the context of climate change, economic globalization and rapid urbanization, human society is facing increasing multi-hazards risk. Integrated Risk Governance (IRG) is a matter of the safety of people's lives and property as well as social harmony and stability. Also, IRG is an important part of the national public security system and the sustainable development strategy in China. On the basis of systematically combing the experience of the world's disaster risk governance actions and objectively examining the existing problems in China's practical work, we put forward a five-dimensional paradigm for integrated risk governance, starting from the actual national conditions of China. Specifically, the five dimensions include constructing theories, improving systems, optimizing management modes, developing coping strategies and formulating control measures. In the face of the increasingly complex and severe multi-hazards risk, we need to constantly strengthen the research on risk formation mechanisms and its multi-dimensional impacts, and push on the work of risk survey, assessment, monitoring, and early warning. Meanwhile, it is necessary to promote the reform of systems, which primarily includes incorporating the powerful economic and social forces in IRG, improving the legal system to provide essential protection for the cooperation between government and the social forces, and enhancing the effectiveness of contingency plans. Besides, it is also important to achieve the transition of informatization, intellectualization, and refinement management in IRG relying on modern science and technology. Overall, the five-dimensional paradigm is designed to provide strong support and all-round guarantee for the improvement of IRG and the co-ordinated planning of safety and development in China.

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